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Daily Discussion Thread 10/14/2020 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 10/14/2020 - HipHop

Daily Discussion Thread 10/14/2020

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:40 AM PDT

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Last.fm Thread: What Have You Been Listening To This Week? - October 14, 2020

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:04 AM PDT

Make sure to write some shit about what you listened to encourage discussion.

HHH Last.fm group

To make 3x3s:

http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/

http://chrisawren.com/widgets/lastfm/

http://lastfmtopalbums.dinduks.com/

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~paddez/projects/lastfm/

http://nsfcd.com/lastfm/

Make sure to post is with imgur, otherwise the 3X3 posts change

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New Ty Dolla $ign album "Featuring Ty Dolla $ign" out on October 23rd

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:05 PM PDT

The Instagram announcement

""FEATURING TY DOLLA $IGN" THE ALBUM OUT EVERYWHERE OCTOBER 23.

I've been blessed with the gift of collaborating. Not every artist can collaborate with another artist and have the final product be something incredible. Many people have said that when you see a song that says, "featuring Ty Dolla $ign," you know it's gonna be fire. As humbled as I am when I hear that, I can't say I disagree.

My approach to music has always been about frequencies, emotions and energy. When I collaborate, whether it's for my project or someone else's, it's always about marrying frequencies. When I create a project and have artists featured on my songs, I don't pick who the hottest artist is or what's going to get the most streams, I choose which artist's frequency is going to work best on the song. I use featured artists with the same precision that I would use any instrument.

Everybody has their own side of 'Ty Dolla $ign' that they prefer: the go-to collaborator of all genres, the underrated king of R&B, the hitmaker of the often raunchy club banger, the multi-instrumentalist & producer. Sometimes, I even want to use my different frequencies on my own songs.

I decided to name my third studio album "Featuring Ty Dolla $ign" because there is truly something for everybody on this album. It features some of my most talented friends, on some of the best music I've made in my career."

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[FRESH] Ameer Vann - keep your distance

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:02 PM PDT

[FRESH EP] James Blake - Before

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:15 AM PDT

PartyNextDoor announces upcoming release "PartyPack"

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:16 PM PDT

https://twitter.com/partynextdoor/status/1316546675301777408?s=19

Looks like it might contain loosies like Drake's Care Package

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Trump Administration Thanks Ice Cube For Assisting To Develop "The Platinum Plan"

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT

Benny the Butcher posts tracklist for Burden of Proof

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:30 PM PDT

[FRESH] Young Nudy - Never

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:02 AM PDT

Governments are failing Black students – and rappers are picking up the slack: Megan Thee Stallion, Kanye, Chance, Travis, and Stormzy have all set up scholarships in lieu of support the state should be providing

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:52 AM PDT

Gucci Mane announces new mixtape So Icy Gang Vol. 1 with new 1017 dropping this Friday. Releases album cover and tracklist

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:46 PM PDT

"We dropping our mixtape this Friday 10/17." 10/17 is actually on Saturday this year, but I'm assuming he means Friday. I listened to the album he dropped that was essentially with them earlier this year and loved the new crew. Y'all should give them a chance.

Album Cover

Tracklist

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Saint Dog, original member of the Kottonmouth Kings apparently passed away yesterday.

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:45 PM PDT

[DISCUSSION] Little Brother - The Minstrel Show (15 Years Later)

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:31 AM PDT

The Minstrel Show is the second studio album by hip hop trio Little Brother. It followed the critical success of their 2003 debut, The Listening. The album was highly anticipated and touted as a probable breakthrough for the group, even before its release. The title is a reference to the minstrel shows that were popular in the United States during the 19th century.

Themes

The album has a running concept based on a fictional television network called "UBN" (U Black Niggas Network), which is a satire of stereotypical programs and advertisements for African Americans. For example, on "Cheatin", Phonte (performing under his alter-ego "Percy Miracles"), spoofs the over-dramatic R&B sagas performed by singers such as R. Kelly and Ronald Isley. Many of the skits contain tongue-in-cheek references to black pop-culture in the United States.

Controversy

For many reasons, the furor surrounding The Minstrel Show overshadowed the music itself. On August 16, 2005, hip hop magazine The Source's Editor-in-Chief, Joshua "Fahiym" Ratcliffe, announced his retirement due to conflicting opinions on the rating The Minstrel Show was to receive in the next issue of the publication. According to Ratcliffe, his original rating of 4.5 (out of 5) was reduced to 4 by the magazine's Chief Brand Executive, Raymond "Benzino" Scott and CEO Dave Mays because Ratcliffe gave then-upcoming artist Young Jeezy a rating of 4. After they refused to change the rating back to 4.5 he decided to step down from his editorial position. For his part, Benzino admitted at the time of questioning, that he had yet to listen to the album for himself and had no problem with Ratcliffe's original rating.

While this may have built up anticipation for the album, another more serious obstacle reared its head when the entertainment network BET (Black Entertainment Television) refused to play the group's video for the single, "Lovin' It", allegedly because they deemed it "too intelligent".[1][2] Michael Lewellen, a publicist and program director for BET, responded, "It's not true, not in that context. BET reserves the right to show or not to show music videos of any type based on the network's own standards and decision-making processes."[3] In a portion of the video, the group lightly pokes fun at the different stylistic aspects of hip hop subgenres such as "gangsta", "backpack", "earthy" and "icy". The rest of it sees them performing to a zealous crowd.[1]

Reception

In contrast to the reaction of BET, Little Brother received praises from many powerful forces within the hip hop world, such as XXL magazine, who gave the album an "XL" rating and most notably, Scratch Magazine, who gave it a perfect 10 out of 10 rating. Despite all the controversy, The Minstrel Show debuted at a #56 position on the Billboard charts selling 18,000 copies in its first week out (a much lower number than expected by both fans and critics). A second official single and any further promotion of the album was abandoned by Atlantic Records, and although the group soon began recording their follow-up album, Getback, their relationship with the label drew to a close before its release.

Albums who's "years later" anniversaries have passed recently:

DANGERDOOM - The Mouse and the Mask
Paul Wall - The People's Champ
Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Smino - Sick x3
KYLE - SYMLE
G Herbo - Ballin Like I'm Kobe
Rick Ross - Black Dollar
Spillage Village - Bears Like This Too
Lil Tecca - We Love You Tecca
Kevin Gates - I'm Him
Young M.A - Herstory in the Making
Wale - Wow... That's Crazy
YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Al YoungBoy 2
Guru - Jazzmataz 3
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Scarface - The Last of a Dying Breed
Cam'ron - S.D.E.
Aesop Rock - Float
Kool G Rap - 4,5,6
AZ - Doe & Die
B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta - Real Brothas
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Wanted: Dead or Alive

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[DISCUSSION] Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being (10 Years Later)

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT

I Am Not a Human Being is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Lil Wayne. It had a digital release on September 27, 2010, and on compact disc on October 12, 2010, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown. It was recorded before Wayne's eight-month prison term for criminal possession of a weapon. Production for the album was by Wayne and several record producers, including Boi-1da, Cool & Dre, Streetrunner, Noah "40" Shebib and DJ Infamous.

Upon its release, I Am Not a Human Being received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who drew comparisons to Wayne's earlier works. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week digital sales alone. Following its physical release, it topped the chart, becoming Wayne's second US number-one album and the first studio album since Tupac Shakur's Me Against the World in 1995 to reach the top position on the Billboard 200 while its artist was in prison. Its lead single, "Right Above It", became a top-ten hit in the United States. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1]

Background

On August 4, 2010, Billboard announced that Lil Wayne would release an EP called I Am Not a Human Being and a single from the EP called "Right Above It". The single debuted on DJ Funkmaster Flex's show, which Lil Wayne called and gave an interview. The album is a prelude to Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter IV.[2]

"I'm putting out a [Wayne] album called I Am Not a Human Being and I'll probably drop it on his birthday, September 27...I'm not even putting it out in stores. We just gonna put it out virally and maybe package it up for Christmas. Give 'em a hard copy later for fan appreciation."[3]

Drake, Jay Sean, Lil Twist, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Tyga, Gudda Gudda, Lil Chuckee and T-Streets are all guests on the album.[4][5]

Vibe magazine spoke with the DJ Scoob Doo about Tha Carter IV and I Am Not a Human Being, who said, "I got videos for the Carter IV and the I'm not a Human Being EP all ready. I can't say the name of the song but Wayne was singing on the hook, but they're getting Drake to re-do it and it's off the Human Being EP," Scoob Doo says. "Carter IV is probably the best album I've heard in the last decade, but Wayne is such a different artist now that he wants to record new music when he comes home. The stuff he's talking about now is just on another level. That's why a lot of the songs on the EP were originally taken from the Carter IV."[6]

Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant told SPIN that I Am Not a Human Being would actually be a full-length album. Initially, the tracks were to be appear on Tha Carter IV, but Wayne decided to put the old tracks on the album so new music could be recorded for Tha Carter IV.[7]

He uses no autotune on the album: according to Birdman, it's just "raw rap".[8]

The production to bonus track "YM Salute" was originally recorded by Young Jeezy and Ester Dean as potential material for Young Jeezy's forthcoming album TM 103.

The song "I Don't Like The Look Of It" was originally released on Gudda Gudda's 2010 mixtape "Back 2 Guddaville" with a different beat under the title "Willy Wonka". The instrumental was changed when it was released on this album due to sample clearance issues.[9]

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[FRESH] Rejjie Snow - Mirrors feat. Snow Aalegra & Cam O’bi

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:04 PM PDT

BJ The Chicago Kid - Smokin' And Ridin' (feat. Freddie Gibbs & Problem) (GTA V Soundtrack)

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:25 PM PDT

Big Sean - Pull Up N Wreck (feat. 21 Savage) [Prod. By SouthSide & Metro Boomin]

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:18 AM PDT

Hulk Hogan Listening to Young Jeezy

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:33 AM PDT

Scarface - On My Block

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:36 PM PDT

[FRESH] T.I. - Pardon (feat. Lil Baby)

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:18 PM PDT

[FRESH] THOUXANBANFAUNI - TENNESSEE TITAN

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:34 PM PDT

Wheezy announces collab album with NAV "Emergency Tsunami"

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:27 AM PDT

Flatbush Zombies - Death (1&2)

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:11 PM PDT

[FRESH VIDEO] MadeinTYO - BET Uncut feat. Chance the Rapper & Smino [prod. K Swisha]

Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:29 PM PDT
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